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Pasto, in the South of Columbia, is the town where a popular Carnival takes place beetwen the last days of December and the Epiphany. Its origin dates back to several decades. The celebration starts with a parade of floats whose allegory is a clear reference to events and people of the year. The parades of children (el carnivalito) and colonies (dedicated to local traditions) follow. Pasto Carnival is made of pure creativity. Its a collective party where different kinds of parades come one after another such as the Calderon family's one (inspired by a weird event happened in the twenties) or the coreographic parade. The main events of the Carnival are sided by a collective and peaceful battle with spray soaps (the carioca), talcum powder, flour and black cosmetics. One of the Carnival days is dedicated to black people (in memory of the ancient colony) and all the participants paint their face black; another day is for white people, so all the participants throw each other flour and talcum powder. Carnival public turns itself into a masquer too and participates to the "Desfile Magno", a very long parade of floats and walks-on that ends the party

Living Bahia is plunging into something more of typical Brazilian happiness and joy of living, here is the african soul of Brazil, a centuries-old bond, since the ancestors of the present inhabitants were slaves, sailors, indigenous people, traders and poor people seeking their fortune in the new world. Cultural identity is markedly african, music, dance and religion as the main points in a magnificent setting of palaces and colonial churches which have earned Salvador de Bahia the status of UNESCO heritage of Humanity.

Small guide to the discovery of Cusco, the ancient capital of the Inca empire, places to visit, museums, archaeological sites but also traditional handicrafts, traditional and international cuisine, relax and enjoy

Journey to the discovery of the pearl of the Colombian Caribbean, the heroic Cartagena de Indias who resisted pirate attacks. Inside its walls real jewels of colonial architecture,from its walls sunsets in the Caribbean Sea, lounge music and mojitos in the famous Cafe del Mar. An old town where you can walk aimlessly among terraces full of bougainvilleas, brightly colored houses and the sea breeze in the air. A starting point to the warm beaches of the Caribbean Sea.

Bolivia is not only La Paz, Potosi, altiplane and "gringo trail". So far away, in the middle of the eastern plane there is an area called Chiquitania, that is part of UNESCO World Heritage. It's consist in seven villages roughly at 70 km of distance between them. They are old jesuit missions, it's a story of 300 years ago: a swiss Jesuit father Martin Schmidt was leading a journey to evangelize the inhabitants of this area. Instead to impose by force the catholic religion they interact with them, discovering their attitude for the music and the craftwork of wood.
Thanks to this pacific encounter they exchange experiences and know how, they build the churches in an original style, they create local Baroque music.
The story tell us that all de jesuits was kicked out from Spanish Empire approximately in 1767. The missions still forbidden for more than 200 years until their rediscover by another swiss people. Architect Hans Roth than start, during the seventies, a big work to restoration.
Nowadays the missions have retake their ancient splendor and all the villages have their own baroque chorus and orchestra and also many laboratories of wood craftwork generally especialized in restoration of churches etc...

During the year, between Holy Week and the Assumption, the Cuzco area, where the main sport seems to come out in procession with the saint and dance around, literally it fills the traditional festivals and religious.
Paucartambo is a relatively large village half-way between the Andes and the Amazon, is only two hours from Cuzco, however, has not yet been reached neither asphalt nor a reliable phone system, the City Hall has no phone and does not use the email ....
These factors seem to affect at all on the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, here affectionately called "Mamacha" del Carmen, a feast known for its variety of costumes and choreography, and that proves the most eventful and "crazy" among the parties in the area .

Barranco is the smaller and the nicest district of Lima. A pleasantjourmey between historical and modern houses, art collections and galleries,romantic spots, artists, typical creole food, nightlife and music

A lovely city of central Peruvian Andes, important for the history of the continent and known for its folk craft, the vestiges of the colonial era and the "Semana Santa" (Easter week) most beautiful in the country

Lima is neither the prettiest nor the ugliest among Latin American capitals, founded as a port city was the capital of the enormous colony of the Kingdom of Spain in the Americas, its historical center preserves precious vestiges of ancient splendor. In recent years, the country is experiencing an unprecedented economic growt and the city is turning into a dynamic international metropolis. This is reflected in the splendor of the residential areas along the sea, between modernity, creativity, traditions and cuisine so delicious as to give the primacy of Lima gastronomic capital of South America.
A city to discover, in short, before going inside the country towards those goals that make Peru one of the most sought after tourist destinations in South America.

Buenos Aires is known as the most European city in South America. much of the architecture of the old town, in fact, reminiscent of the Mediterranean cities. The vast majority of its inhabitants have European roots and as in all of Argentina, still a strong bond with their origins.
Buenos Aires is in fact a town halfway between the languor of the continent and the dynamism of the new world, an elegant and functional, where it is very easy to mingle with the locals and attend cuturali centers, theater and music events, not only tango.

An energetic and friendly capital, with an old town with an ancient taste but from the look youthful enough underground, but above all with interesting museums.
A modern and dynamic city, with pedestrian zones, cultural, interesting outdoor markets and shopping centers, bike paths and plenty of restaurants, bars and places to have fun dancing.

Cuzco, the city core in South American history, ancient capital of the Inca Empire, now the colonial city's Old Town more beautiful on the continent, in June celebrates a number of festivals not to be missed, from the catholic celebration of Corpus Christi, to the scenic representation of world Inca called Inti Raymi. The city, but especially the Plaza Mayor, became a succession of processions, costumes, dancing and parades. A good opportunity to discover this city hall of Macchu Picchu and Peruvian pride for excellence

Mompox is a small ancient town in the hinterland of the Colombian Caribbean region, an ancient trading port along the Magdalena River, retains the splendor of the colonial past and vestiges of independence. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage for its historical center is very well preserved that has been scene of movies and video clips. The art of filigree silver and gold as well as the craftsmanship of the rocking chair are the two characteristics of the city, as well as a wild marshy environment that surrounds it for miles.

After more than twenty years from the fall of Berlin Wall, the traces of it still to be visible , it's a choiche of German stat for to preserve the memory and for an archietctonic reintegration for the needs of modern Berlin. Like the pre-nazist era and also like the last three decadas of past century, the city still to be one of the bests "avant-gard" places in the world.

The feast of the patron saint of Tarija, San Roque, in southern Bolivia is
in their unique style on the national scene. In addition to the total absence of alcohol this party has no pre-Columbian roots. The "redskin", the main character of the party, does not have a face and represents the old leper who dress so as to recognize the signs of his illness was walking around town asking for charity.
There is no character more appropriate than this to honor a saint who dedicated his life to healing the lepers. "The redskins" are many and give the party a touch of color and lightness indelible. This commemoration is lived so intensely and so recognized in Bolivia that has been proclaimed religious and cultural heritage of the whole nation.

A story of Tuscany northern coast where marble the famous one "Marmo di Carrara"
is really important from different points of view.
From Alpi Apuane, with its peaks, villages and marble caves .
We get Carrara, a town whose economy lives on marble and at last we reach Pietrasanta where marble turns into art.

The Convent of Mystery
During the Spanish Empire it was customary for the nobility and the gentry to send their second-born daughters to a convent. The convent of Santa Catalina, situated in the centre of the high-walled fortified white city of Arequipa, in Southern Peru, was the preferred destination for these girls.
Free from any real vocation, the nuns lived a far from austere existence, enjoying the comforts of vast living quarters, servants and hosting concerts and parties as in any other high-class residence. This kind of lifestyle continued for three hundred years, until Pope Pius IX sent a special nun to the convent to radically change the rules of the game by putting an end to all luxuries forever. From then on the nuns were prohibited from leaving the convent and it became a place of mystery for the city itself. Ninety-nine years later, it was re-opened to the public and it is now one of Arequipa’s main attractions. The few cloistered nuns who still reside there occupy only a small part of the convent. The coloured streets, the narrow rooms, the eerie statues and the small private patios represent the memory and the mystery of four hundred years of history.

To the east of Nepal, in the Himalayan world's youngest state of the Indian Union, Sikkim, which came in 1975, a state where Buddhism prevails, where there are many Tibetan Lamaist temples in unspoilt nature. A trip to Sikkim implies a passage from the town of Darjeeling, the resort town of colonial and universally known for its tea plantations.

Among different ethnicities of which the peruvian people is made of, there’s also the african one, located on various spots along the coastal line, originating from ancient slaves and portraiting its own african-style culture.
The most prominent aspect of this culture lies in the music, particularly in the “zapateo” in which players create the sound by stomping their feet while dancing earthily. El Carmen de Chincha, a village in the wine and cotton area, located 300 kn south of Lima, is the hearth of the africanism which is connected to this dance.
The most authentic event of it takes place around Christmas time, when dancing crews called “atajos de negritos” celebrate the Nativity with both private and public shows.

The "midi" French, along the inland waters of the "Canal des deux mers" pharaonic seventeenth-century feat of engineering was freight network until the seventies and is now a tourist attraction. Combining through a system of locks, Atlantic sea and Mediterranean.

Along the ancient pilgrimage route from Roncesvalles to Santiago de Compostella, in July when the feast of the patron saint, Santiago, in many walking along the "camino", arriving at a large party in one of the main centers of Christianity at.